free broadcast video for your media project free media. egyptians head to the polls to say yes or no new constitution. the country is turning into an islamic dictatorship causing weeks of deadly protests. an elementary school in the northeastern united states becomes a slaughterhouse a gunman targeting children reignites the debate. control. hundreds gather in the center of moscow. some of the biggest protests in recent history several people already arrested over this authorized. and for the first time a european court describes cia treatment of terror suspects as torture siding with a german who mistakenly fell victim to the agency's interrogation technique.

it is a pleasure to have you with us today here on our city. minus fifteen degrees celsius an hour gyptian on the new draft constitution that has a ultimately split the country and spot weak so violent anti president protests and the referendum is seen as a decisive moment that will show which way the majority of egyptians are leaning towards the ruling islamists or that of the liberal opposition cairo based reporter true is following the voting for. after three weeks of political turmoil that seen mass rallies against the president bloody scenes in the streets of egypt's major cities overnight the military apparently beat up security at the polling stations

for people to come and they of course have been called in by the president to secure the nation during this time of political unrest and the referendum we expect out hundreds of thousands of police officers and soldiers in the streets today ensuring that the scenes are calm this comes after violent scenes yesterday on friday and on xandra egypt's second city which saw clashes between rival protest groups to support the constitution those against it including groups wielding machetes. and with around about nineteen injured and possible dead to the we haven't had confirmed yet this of course follows several weeks worth of buying seats on the streets of cairo the referendum is actually being held across two days is there not a sufficient number of judges to supervise the process this opposition forces say is a major problem and could open up the referendum to vote rigging in addition civil

society groups here questioning how that is possible for them to observe the elections to for electoral fraud since the head of the constituent assembly who drafted the constitution is also the head of the national human rights council he will be overseeing the observation all the polling stations the constitution itself is a major point of contention also the opposition forces they have said that it is written by islamist dominated constituent assembly these somebody when this mass will cross by liberal leftist and church and therefore it will only enforce a religious state it also they said would impose a presidential dictatorship and the next key rights and freedoms of expression so this constitution they say should be rewritten the constituent somebody should be reforged to have to see. the results of the referendum the feature of it and already a mass violations during the egyptian voting already being reported this coupled with a lack of unity among the opposition are likely to result in the referendum not reflecting

the people's real will according to journalist and middle east analyst estimates that morsi is not showing any signs of flexibility he's not showing any signs of building consensus he is shown to be a very stubborn person regardless of the outcome of the referendum the scene in egypt right now it's an indicative there there is going to be him as. playing with the results there is already reports about money and sustenance is being given to poor people to encourage them to go out and vote favorably with yes for the constitution and on the other side the egyptians are still divided into different groups and democratization of the borders are not going as it should

have been going so it's not clearly representative of the nations when or of the consensus that should have been existing. it watching r.t. now nato countries are deploying more than a thousand troops to man patriot batteries along turkey's border with syria i do believe you're on the program or on the channel we look at who will benefit from putting western forces near the front lines of serious escalating civil conflict. for now though twenty six people have been gunned down twenty of them children in a u.s. elementary school in connecticut and the brutal massacre only ended when the killer ultimately turned the gun on himself and with more on the story now r.t. is a guy in a chicken. there's still lots of questions as to what happened at that elementary school in connecticut the shooter has been identified at this point it was adam lanza twenty year old who went into his mother's kindergarten class she was a teacher at that school and wiped out the entire class twenty children were killed

in the carnage eighteen children died at the scene to the hospital those were five year olds six year olds small children the shooter also targeted and killed six adults and unless his mother the teacher was also found dead in her home should leave near the school the suspect it's three is the suspected shooter had three guns on him as he went into the school two handguns and one semiautomatic weapon all reportedly registered to adam lanza's mother a witness said there must have been one hundred rounds fired after killing all these people adam lanza reportedly shot himself there has been a number of horrifying shootings at schools in the us in the past but never has there been a rampage that killed this many small children in two thousand and seven a student killed two people at virginia tech we of course remember the columbine massacre in colorado where two students shot and killed thirteen people and injured

twenty four but the children killed in connecticut were very very young we heard president obama deliver tearful speech this friday but nevertheless the white house has pretty much dodged questions on its gun policy and those are questions on many people's minds right now but the president did say it's time to take meaningful action to prevent mess occurs like this from happening again but what action he did not specify is the fact of the matter is that getting a gun is fairly easy in the u.s. adam lanza's mother apparently had no problem purchasing and registering story guns one of them a semi automatic weapon and it's a powerful deadly weapon one of the policy goals of president obama was a ban on assault weapons but is thought to be a losing proposition for any politician in the u.s. to. really seriously consider seriously take on the issue attempts to regulate guns inevitably hit a wall and that wall is the second amendment the right of the people to bear arms some states here do have controls over gun possession but again very limited

controls the state of illinois for example used to have a ban on concealed weapons but this week a federal court ruling struck down the country's last such poor vision as unconstitutional and ordered the state to craft a law allowing it so much for gun control in the us the state of wisconsin passed out its ban on concealed weapons last year and it seems there is no way of arguing against the amendment even despite these absolutely horrifying and recurring incidents. course want to gun a chicken reporting now this latest tragedy has reopened the debate on what many see as the weak gun control laws in america liz wahl went to the white house to witness an anti guns rowdy that. many people are taking their concerns to the front of the white house as you can see about a hundred people are gathered here holding signs holding town halls trying to make

their voices heard saying that now is the time to talk about gun control and the u.s. we spoke to some of the protestors here's what they had to say today we saw a room full of kindergartners slaughtered by a guy who never should have gotten a gun. if our president can't talk about it the issue now as a father of two daughters young daughters i think it's time for him for a gut check in there's no more and no more excuses anymore this should not have happened we should have measures in place before this to prevent people from accessing guns who are not fit to hold them also in my opinion i don't think something that is military grade as an assault rifle i don't think that should be in the hands of anybody it's not a toy and we can't keep our teachers in our children in our school administrators safe and very day we can't keep people who are walking down the streets safe then that should be changed and to resign ourselves to the saying that this is a problem that has a solution is defeatist and we should we should take this on and change what we did

hear from press secretary jay carney earlier this morning who said today is not the day to be talking about gun control we also heard a very emotional speech from president obama sending his condolences to the victims to the family is in newtown connecticut he did not talk about the issue of guns or gun control but protesters here say if today is not the day in the wake of this very tragic mass shooting they don't know when that time. and washington lives wall are to. and coming to live from moscow ten minutes past the hour and several hundred people have gathered right here in the center of the russian capital to mark one year since some of the biggest antigovernment protests in russia's recent history already though a number of people have been arrested for ultimately taking part in this on the authorized rally. going off so certainly in the thick of it to see you there you go to perhaps the crowds are thinning out what exactly is happening where you are

there. did not sanction any rallies to be held in this particular place so they did a whole long negotiations with the opposition before proposing other routes but failed to reach an agreement so as a result several hundred people did gather in central moscow this saturday to mark one year since the start of eighty government protests in the country we have seen the police making some arrests including those of opposition leaders. who claim that they were detained unlawfully since they say that all the people who came here today are not taking part in the rally they're just out for a walk all in all what's happening here today is of no comparison to what we've seen a year ago last december one truly tens of thousands of people took to the streets well here we're talking about like i said just a few hundred people. going off in central moscow thank you. for now tough economic times in the u.k.

taking their toll on british diets they give us our report on how soaring food prices in the u.k. are forcing many to say no to a healthy meal also. go back to church to read the bible and to find three. to remember what the holiday is supposed to be for i just think people shouldn't think that every year has to be the best christmas ever just a bit later in the program here on r.t. . people in the big apple of weather today. it's christmas that's not something of its traditional magic that much more after a short. trimmings in this tree even for specialists how

a voice can produce several sounds it warms but we didn't use the art of throat singing comes naturally picked up like a language. a language of communicating with nature it said that's where throat singing originates from the unions believe not only animals but also surrounding objects like reverse forests and even stones souls by imitating the sounds they believe assumes to capture the power of nature. was. to get to one of the five main stars of groups and it imitates the gentle breezes of summer chara whose name means great hunter as the first piece adopted. there are special instruments that accompany the singing if danny says there is

even a legend about his instrument a gill it says once there lived a poor shefford who had the best horse that won every competition but jealous people killed it on the horse was revived as an instrument book it was it have stopped full is because of the spirit of the horse came to his dream and said make an instrument from the tree the sounding board from the leather on my face the strings on my tail and to remember me make an engraving of my head part of the instrument. he did so because the instrument again you which means come back and this melody only assume is called cry. was.

thanks for joining us here in oxford today our research showing our moscow the u.s. germany and the netherlands are deploying patriot missiles along with around twelve hundred troops on turkey's border with syria and they took claims the move will protect ankara from a possible strike by its neighbor or their critics a conflict on syria is unlikely to attack an alliance member. said why turkey is so eager to defend herself from a former friend. he may have treated his command bridge for an apartment in istanbul but returned admiral turk your return still keeps tabs on his country's foreign policy and he doesn't like what he sees like many turkish petri it's the admiral believes his country is second fighting common sense and domestic concerns from western interests. turkey is looking at the middle east through america's eyes not for a purely turkish perspective for example with syria turkey claims it wants to see

democracy in syria but look who it's working with saudi arabia qatar and their democratic credit is wanting. forget the zero problems with neighbor's rule which in corral has prided itself on for many decades critics now see turkey as dancing to one nation's. close. very skilled people but that does not suffice. which do you ask. that because you are. in truth social strata some people internalize u.s. policy and represent in the countries that have been invaded so this is very tricky comes in geographically and culturally it's agreed base camp for the likes of the u.s. and nato to take a foothold in their anti acid ambition it was just two years ago that turkey was

calling bashar lost a brother and voting against sanctions on iran it's relatively recent change every heart however may not have everything to do with turkey's desire to appease the west and may indeed be part of the plan by turkish officials to become a regional if not call both major players. has. optimum dreams. but it was some other years ago. it was true on top of. syria was a. land but now syria is. member of the next nation. independent state. turkey has any rights. in the region and yet turkish officials seem to skirt the issue of their internal problems and instead turn their attention elsewhere in syria the case in

point but the likes of retired admiral believe is one student's present commanders continue on the prudent course it didn't go. but you still think that you watching the t.v. and not the other way around that's what i see companies not reveal the technologies to make the t.v.'s on its own using a built in camera microphone a lot more that are. also online for you and you expense for chinese parents the country's kindergarten to introduce a fee if they want. their beloved children. thanks

for joining us on a cia agents illegally abducted a german citizen sodomized him and beat him up to the findings of the european court of human rights in his first of a ruling that the cia is guilty of torture the court found in favor of a man who had failed for years to get legal acknowledgement in the u.s. and europe of what actually happened to him khalid al masri says he was kidnapped in two thousand and three and abused after being mistaken for a terrorism suspect the u.s. is now being pursued for an apology on compensation but author and historian doug valentine believes that son like to happen as the cia always operates above the law . no cia officer ever will be will ever be. a prison or prison term even in the united states of convicted of

a crime these people are simply above the law the only thing that the cia does is to conduct illegal activities which is why it's above the law it's business doing things that are illegal so the fact that it's. europe or asia or south america or any place to do it legal things is simply a call for regime of what it does this you know it's not appropriate all of. those things without prior authorization from congress the president's national security officers everything that. is policy and a straight into the r.c. world up there we go some other global headlines for you in brief starting with the powerful psycho but now approaching the islands of fiji it has already devastated parts of samoa leaving at least four people dead and eight injured the cyclon is expected to make landfall on sunday night already though fiji's interim prime minister warning the entire country will be affected. it's been announced that the

computer hacker gary mckinnon will face no charges in the u.k. the forty six year old waged a decade long struggle to avoid trial for one of the largest ever breaches of u.s. military security and shortly after the attacks of nine eleven mckinnon managed to hack into the top secret systems of both the pentagon and nasa u.k. prosecutor said there was little chance of a conviction earlier this year his extradition to the u.s. was finally blocked. by many britons are preparing for a scant christmas dinner with soaring food prices forcing people to ditch the traditional holiday delicacies and the cost of food is now up by a third in just five years leaving many families with slim pickings as are his party boy reports. do you look at what you're putting in your shopping basket health conscious customers might want to stock up on their fruit and vege what if nots getting too expensive for families in the u.k.

the cost of their weekly shop has gone up by over a third over the past five years and it's set to get more expensive still among the healthier fresh meat so you can find chicken breasts for five ninety nine per kilogram and you've got your frozen process as retailing at one twenty nine in some cases now if you're a struggling household with lots of mouths to feed it's a no brainer britain is now in the midst of a nutritional recession to go hand in hand with the financial one over a million children in the u.k. are going without a daily healthy meal now the coalition government provides free free to move to schools and they supplement those on the lower income but it looks like the cheap meal deals are often more appealing than the government health warnings health campaign is say it's time for the government to several new plan to get britain struggling households to acquire not just the taste but also the means for a healthier diet. reporting the knowledge of stored in measures that continue to

cause misery for the bankers far away from those problems because of themselves with dodgy deals typically also used. to see what will be revealing today. has america got it in for british banks here that is britain who is played poodle to the al capone of the global financial and military industrial complex system and now al capone's turning on them when they're all sought but al capone in this case the u.s. regulators they won you know the u.k. to basically hire their cousin vinny h.s.b.c. for example has hired two former senior u.s. treasury officials to run is legal in compliance department these u.k. bankers are going to find a wake up of the ball their skull hanging from friers bridge like roberta calvary eighty solo british banker hanging from friars branch from the back you deserve.

now there's just a week until christmas but for many that means the excitement of waiting to see what's under the tree but while the shopping industry is ready to satisfy every wish resident new yorker locals if the festive spirit is turning into a shopaholics fantasy. why have the holidays become such hellish days this week let's talk about that it's a commercial thing now everyone son to spend money it's not about what it really should be about how did that happen is it the media telling us to buy buy buy les absolutely it's everyone with their sales and absolutely i live on what people buy you know i'm an independent sales rep so i depend on it so you're happy with this christmas i'm happy this christmas i sell luxury goods as long as people keep buying it that i have a holiday that's it

a way to stop that would be to go back to church and to read the bible and to find faith and to remember what the holiday is supposed to be for what about people of other religions and it is there anything for them i said i said to find religion. is there saving for them i believe in christianity but i think it's important that whether it's christiane to be or not that you have morals and values based on religious faith do you think there's a war in christmas oh i don't think there's a war on christmas i just think people shouldn't think that every year has to be the best christmas ever is that what we do we set our expectations too high we do i think that we should just enjoy it that each year should be a nice christmas with a couple of presents maybe full of press that's right along with the feeling of safety and community with all these holidays also remind people believe or not that's just my opinion holidays remind people of their own mortality that we're not going to be around here very much and our lives are very short. because we tend to

remember the people who have gone on the holidays as well and that's why we p.c. the holidays we just want to feel safe we want to feel like i'm extending my time here a little bit more and i want you to believe what i believe yes and maybe as someone others someone else's believes makes us feel better and that's exactly it we're taking a chill dose of approaching the fiscal cliff is not as much about. shopping this year as all the rest of my fifty nine years to sixty of you are going to be a little bit different how you can do it differently. i have to say but it was a phrasebook. just watching people make christmas and calling it a day like whether or not the world has lost its holiday spirit the bottom line is it wouldn't hurt any of us to take a look inside to find our own private reason just celebrate this thing. or the lovely lauren lyster on capital account in just a sec. well

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news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has

been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. thank. you. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are headlines for friday december fourteenth two thousand and twelve whether it is going over the fiscal cliff or spanish house prices suffering a severe fall there seems to be a universal fear a financial fear of gravity we're scared of falling but ironically.